VZW Droid Charge Car Cradle

[Chopstix9]

I moved to the G-Nex from the Charge. I drive a truck and have the Charge cradle. It's a nice cradle with suction mount and locking swivel. Like many, I was really bummed to see the one piece molded mount Verizon has for the Nexus.

Much to my delight, I've found that with a very minor 5 minute modification, the Nexus fits the Charge cradle beautifully. The Nexus is the same width but taller. Take a Stanley knife or similar razor knife and cut the top left protrusion off of the cradle, where it would snap onto the top left corner of the Charge. Just trim it flush so the Nexus back rests on it. Then take a pair of needle nose pliers and pull out the micro usb plug from inside the charging slide lock. Slip in your Nexus, slide the charge slider closed and presto !! A nice swivel mount cradle for the G-Nex.

Yes, you do have to plug the cable in the bottom, it doesn't plug into the cradle, but that is small potatoes IMO. It makes a real nice cradle for the Nexus.

 

[rtadams89]

Can you post a picture of the dock and the way it is mounted. Also, a link to the dock you have would be great as I am not familiar with the Charge accessories.

 

[Chopstix9]

Can you post a picture of the dock and the way it is mounted. Also, a link to the dock you have would be great as I am not familiar with the Charge accessories.

It's the cradle for the Charge they sell in Verizon company stores. Not a 3rd party retailer.

 

[Chopstix9]

This is the mount ==> http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/accessory?action=refineByPhone&phoneId=5642

if you expand the picture, the corner I am talking about trimming would be the lower left. I only use it in portrait position so that makes it the upper left. I've twisted it to landscape and the phone is still in there firm though.

It is the only mount on the Verizon site that is device specific for the Charge

Edit: oops ... that link just goes to the Charge accessories page. Under the category tab far left click on mounts and it will appear.

 

[Bear55]

I came from the Droid Charge as well. I use my Charge car mount for now without any modifications. It doesn't look pretty because, as the OP said, this phone is taller and without modifications to the dock the phone sits at an angle. It seems fairly secure though; better than a crummy universal dock that I tried out anyway. I would not recommended buying the Charge dock over the Galaxy Nexus dock though because at the end of the day they are both just a chunk of plastic when used with this phone and the only reason I am using the Charge dock is because I already had it.

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